Innovation

We engender a collaborative, interdisciplinary research environment with the unique potential to make a significant impact on complex local and global challenges.

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New & Notable

Pitching in to Create a New Kind of Safe Mask

Tufts engineering student and medical school alum were part of a bicoastal effort to repurpose snorkeling diving masks for emergency and OR docs

China

Summer Projects Allow Students to Combat COVID-19, Racial Injustice

When COVID-19 derailed their summer plans, these Tufts students were awarded grant funding from Tisch College for projects to help their communities instead
The Coronavirus Sneaks Its Way Into Cells. But How?

Marta Gaglia studies the way viruses infiltrate the body without tripping the immune system’s alarms
WHO Chief Scientist, NEJM Editor Headline Tufts COVID-19 Symposium

The virtual, public event on Nov.17-18 will address the pandemic’s impacts on health and society

India, Israel, Panama, Taiwan
Telling a Story with Data to Get Results

A new cross-school initiative at Tufts aims to change how we teach data science in STEM and non-STEM disciplines alike

Events

Dec 3
Dental Education Learning and Teaching Academy (DELTA) Mini-Residency Program

Spotlights

Tufts Institute for Human-Animal Interaction

Promotes the health, strengths and well-being of humans and animals through multidisciplinary partnerships that foster innovative research, education and service programs in human-animal interaction.
Bridge Professorships

Encouraging the recruitment of interdisciplinary faculty whose teaching and research are relevant to multiple academic units.
Kaplan Lab

Focuses on biopolymer engineering to understand structure-function relationships, with emphasis on studies related to self-assembly, biomaterials engineering, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
Collaborative Learning and Innovation Complex (CLIC)

Helps meet the need for updated classrooms, large meeting rooms, teaching labs, research labs, and office space, and includes a café and informal learning spaces.
USAID One Health Workforce Emerging Pandemic Threats 2 Program

An international partnership of universities focused on strengthening global workforce development against emerging pandemic threats.
Civic Seed

An innovative, multiplayer game developed at Tisch College to prepare students for work in the community.